Book Review: Sacrifice Me by Gemma Morr

Sacrifice Me by Gemma Morr

Content Warnings:

TW: death, murder, kidnapping, fighting, descriptive sex scenes, family trauma and violence. Readers 18+.

Publishing Date: September 10th, 2026
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Genres: Adult // Romance, Paranormal, Spicy Reads
Quick Thoughts: I took Sacrifice Me on a break away to the rolling hills of Somerset, in at tree-covered lodge, turning pages fast as the evening mist rolled in over the mountains, completely compelled by how much it took a hold on my mind and heart. I’m impatiently waiting for more from Gemma in this absolute page-turning series, packed with intense chemistry and supernatural heat that paranormal romance fans will eat up.
Rating:

Gifted/PR

I was gifted this book via the author in a giveaway. All views/opinions are my own. I remain entirely impartial.

Literary Trope Guide

Dryad x Vampire Hybrid

Alpha Werewolf

Yellowstone Cowboys

Fated mates

about this book
Cowboys. Werewolves. Primal Passion.
Elin Weston is sent to the Yellowstone pack with a deadly secret and a desperate plan.
Disguised as a human sacrifice for the brutal werewolf packs who run the land, she’s there to uncover the truth of her mother’s disappearance and destroy as many wolves as she can.
But, from the moment she meets the alpha, everything unravels.
Clark Lowell is dominant, devoted and dangerously tempting. His world is the ranch and the pack he protects at all costs – nothing like the monsters Elin was taught to hunt.
When something ancient and primal stirs beneath the full moon, an elemental force brings Elin and Clark together. But as a rival alpha challenges Clark’s leadership and seeks to claim Elin for himself, dark secrets begin to surface.
Elin’s mission and her heart collide. Every moment brings her closer to betrayal, every touch risks exposing what she truly is.
And when the truth is revealed, it could cost them everything.

My Review

Anyone who’s read my blog or socials in the last few years will know I’ve been a Gemma Morr fan since the very start when I read Untamed Heart, which is my favourite cowboy romance book of all time. So ultimately, I was enthralled when Sacrifice Me was announced, as paranormal romances were the very beating heart of my blog at it’s origin, so it is always a favourite genre for me. When we meet Elin, she’s living in a dryad compound as a hybrid, vampire from her father’s side, and dryad from her mother’s side. She’s being used and trained-up to infiltrate a wolf pack, disguised as a human sacrifice, a ritual they outlawed years ago but reignite between the human, dryad and wolf clans. Leaving her only true friend, Lena, is tough, but Elin knows that she wants answers to her mother’s disappearance years ago, tied to a wolf pack, even if it means knowing the dryads might see her as useless once her mission is over.

But the Yellowstone pack aren’t at all what she was told wolves were, namely Clark, their alpha. He’s soon-to-be married to a wolf who isn’t his mate, busy with keeping his pack safe from rival Claw Ridge members. The Yellowstone pack call the ranch their home, and they’re all incredibly welcoming to Elin, which only makes her feel guilty because of her ulterior motives. When she’s enigmatically drawn to Clark in a way that feels primal and mutual, something fiery and strong grows between them. Words like mate are thrown into the mix, in a way that makes Elin’s heart soar and Clark’s grip on her tighten. But Claw Ridge alpha, Tex, wants Elin for himself. Amongst the backdrop of the treeline, the mystery of Elin’s mother’s disappearance becoming clearer—and Clark’s claim on Elin deeper than thought—it’s a fight to keep Elin’s true self from those around her. Only, when the curtain is pulled and it’s all laid on the table, is the bloodshed worth fighting for if it’s something that could last forever?

I took Sacrifice Me on a break away to the rolling hills of Somerset, in at tree-covered lodge, turning pages fast as the evening mist rolled in over the mountains, completely compelled by how much it took a hold on my mind and heart. The mythology in the world that Gemma built feels like an elevated Twilight was married with Mate and her Diamond Back Ranch books. I have to admit that werewolf books have always had a grip on me (growing up with Teen Wolf and The Vampire Diaries will do that to a girl) yet with Elin’s added dryad abilities, it added this secondary layer of intrigue throughout, with so many swirls of things I love mixed together—romance, mystery, spice and topped with a heavy dose of found family. The connection between Elin and Clark was just this raw, intoxicating passion that started with a protective understanding but grew into something that was almost a need for them both. When the last page was turned, I was desperate to continue living in this world, to learn more about the secondary characters I’d grown to adore, Rosie, Kit, Tanner, Jas, Lia, and of course Lena. I’m impatiently waiting for more from Gemma in this absolute page-turning series, packed with intense chemistry and supernatural heat that paranormal romance fans will eat up.